Historical Examples. 1  Behind Monet and Debussy the umbrella persisted, with the steady beat of a drum. 2  Debussy's extraordinary music136 may be explained in the same way. 3  Strauss and Debussy are also very different in their methods of composition. 4  Strauss and Debussy are the legitimate fruits of thy evil tree of music!
Banned Books Week was founded in 1982 by prominent First Amendment and library activist Judith Krug. Krug said that the Association of American Publishers contacted her with ideas to bring banned books to the attention of the American public after a slew of books had been banned that year.
As long as books have existed, there have been people trying to stop people from reading them. And though the practice is widely condemned, it is also still widely practiced â even in 2016. Today, a spot on the American Library Association's banned books list is essentially proof positive that the title is worth reading. Every year, the ALA compiles a list of books that have had formal bans enacted or requests to ban filed against them. (Though the ALA notes that it's likely the majority of challenges go unreported.)